A Scottish film-maker has hooked a place at this year's Cannes Film Festival with his short about fly fishing. By Rebecca Garrett, S1
Ronnie B Goodwin, from Helensburgh, made seven-minute short FLY: a Legacy, which has been selected for the Short Film Corner at the event on the French Riviera next month.
The haunting short reflects the independent film maker's memories of learning to fish and the wisdom of the river he was taught by his grandfather.
"I'm so pleased. I think the main shock was because I'd made a film on fly fishing. It's a festival that tends to go for French art films or shoot 'em up-types," said Mr Goodwin.
"FLY is about passing on your knowledge - grandfather to grandson; an evolution, from the float, to the fly. It was a dream inside a dream. It's me as a middle-aged man reflecting about my grandfather who taught me to fish with a fly."
The 49-year-old is hopeful that the Cannes Festival might open some doors for him. He said: "I don't want to go out there and just talk about flies. There's going to be big film industry insiders and I won't get a chance to get them all at the one time ever again.
"I can get into a market situation and pitch my next projects because that's the only time I'll really get to do that. People are paying attention. We've done something that's new. People sit up and say that's cool.
"You pay 90euros to submit a film and if it's selected Cannes keep your money but if your film doesn't get selected, unlike most film festivals, you get your 90euros back. The likelihood of it being selected for Cannes was very slim so I thought I'll just do it anyway. It's my third [film submitted]."
As well as being selected for Cannes, FLY will be part of F3t, the Fly Fishing Film Tour, which has set Ronnie up with his first ever sponsor, fishing equipment company Orvis.
You can watch a trailer of FLY: a Legacy, by Ronnie B Goodwin, below.
This article first appeared in S1Helensburgh, HeraldScotland's sister publication.
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